Champion Mental Health with Voice. Value. Vigilance.

Skill Building Session I | 10:00 AM

Speaker: Mettie Spiess, CWP, International Mental Health Speaker, Founder of A World Without Suicide

Description: Riveting case studies and knee-slapping stories will open your eyes to the numerous benefits of mentally healthy teams and organizations. Together, we’ll apply best practice support strategies to increase employee engagement and create a supportive stigma-free work culture within your organization. Walk away with tools and immediate strategies to support your employees’ mental health and wellbeing.

Objectives:

Leave with a simple framework that you can use immediately to achieve team and organizational mental wellness goals

Navigate how to support employees who are in mental health and/or suicidal crisis

Develop strategies to reduce stigma and empower employees to seek support

Dubbed the “tiny but mighty stigma-crusher” and “champion for change” by clients nation-wide, Mettie Spiess is the mental wellness expert and speaker-trainer to connect with if your goals include: happy and healthy employees, supportive work environments, and compassionate, empowered leaders! Mettie shares her practical (Voice. Value. Vigilance.) leadership process with companies to effectively support employee mental health and increase the effectiveness of their wellness programs. In 2016, the National Alliance on Mental Illness awarded Mettie the Education Advancement Award for her work to end the stigma associated with mental illness by providing education, raising awareness, and promoting recovery. The impact principals she delivers in her trainings are based on her nine years’ experience coaching employees to transition from living to living well. Mettie graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point with a Bachelor’s of Science in Corporate Health Promotion and Wellness and holds her Wellness Practitioner Certification through the National Wellness Institute.